Late last week, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a major reorganization and downsizing of its agencies and operations. Those efforts have already begun, and the following is a selection of news reports describing the changes that have taken place so far:
- Washington Post – “Major cuts are set to hit HHS. Here’s what’s affected” (March 27) (subscription required)
- Healthcare Dive – “Trump administration to shut down CMS, HHS minority health offices amid restructuring” (March 31)
- Fierce Healthcare – “Sweeping health agency cuts at FDA, CDC, CMS and more divisions begin” (April 1)
- Healthcare Dive – “HHS begins layoffs in chaotic fashion” (April 1)
- Washington Post – “Widespread layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies” (April 1) (subscription required)
- AP – “Mass layoffs are underway at the nation’s public health agencies” (April 1)
- Modern Healthcare – “HHS to lay off lab that tests, verifies hospital safety gear” (April 1) (subscription required)
- Healthcare Dive – “HHS begins layoffs in chaotic fashion” (April 1)
- Washington Post – “Widespread layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies” (April 1) (subscription required)
- AP – “Mass layoffs are underway at the nation’s public health agencies” (April 1)
- AP – “Here’s where jobs and programs are being cut at the nation’s top health agencies” (April 1)
- New York Times – “Mass Layoffs Hit Health Agencies That Track Disease and Regulate Food” (April 1) (subscription required)
- KFF – “Decoding the HHS Reorganization” (April 1)
- Stat – “FDA Commissioner Marty Makary gets off to a bruising start as agency is wracked by layoffs” (April 1) (subscription required)
- Stat – “Five NIH institute directors and numerous lab heads ousted in unprecedented shake-up” (April 1) (subscription required)
- NPR – “HHS layoffs hit Meals on Wheels and other services for seniors and disabled” (April 1)
- Becker’s Hospital Review – “HHS begins layoffs: What to know” (April 1)
- Stat – “After RFK Jr.’s ‘radical transparency’ pledge, HHS shutters much of its communications, FOIA operations” (April 1)
- Axios – “HHS sees day of chaos as layoffs hit scientists, policy experts” (April 2)
- Modern Healthcare – “HHS reorganization raises questions for claims appeals process” (April 2) (subscription required)
- Modern Healthcare – “HHS reorganization raises questions for claims appeals process ” (April 2) (subscription required)
Learn more about the HHS reorganization from this department news release and an accompanying fact sheet.